From what I read, you can’t attract bats to a location using baits. When bats go out to feed on insects at night, they are also constantly looking for places to roost.
They like safe places where predators can’t get at them. Bat houses placed on metal poles high up have three times more of a chance for occupancy than ones places in trees or wood poles where squirrels and other critters can climb. They say houses should get about 6-8 hours of sunlight because bats like it about 85-100 degrees.
About all you can do is build a proper bat house and place it in a good location. I’ll monitor it and clean out any wasp nests that gets built in it.
The University of Florida bat pavilion remained empty for several years and now there are between 100,000 to 200,000 bats living in it that eat an estimated 1,000 pounds of insects per night.
Our hope is that they will like what they see and move on in :)
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